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Laundry Detergent???!!!

Help! How can I make my own laundry detergent??? Does it work just as well as store bought??? Does it have a fragrance??? Help! At store now and really trying to avoid purchasing a bottle that will cost almost $10.00!

Here's my powdered recipe that I use right now. 1 cup super washing soda, 1 cup sun oxy clean, and 1 cup borax. Now normally I would mix that with 2 cups grated Zote soap or Felsnaptha in the blender. Then use the scooper from the sun oxyclean for the detergent. 1 scoop for reg. wash two for heavily soiled. Works great most of the time. Sometimes, I have to do a bit of stain treating on certain things. Right now I happened to be at my local discount store and they had bags of tide on sale for 99 cents. Each bag is supposed to do 9 loads. Anyway I bought 10 bags since I was out of Zote. I have been adding 2 cups of this and its working great. Laundry soap is pretty easy and flexible in the ingredients. The two main components everyone seems to agree on are Washing Soda and Borax. The rest seems to be dependant on if you like fragrance, if you like liquid or dry, and how much grease you normally have in your wash. I just read a post someplace on how to make liquid from Dawn, Soda, and borax. Anyway, I will try to look for it later if no one posts it.

I just made mind for the first time last week. I made the powdered version first to see how well it works then I'm going to make the liquid detergent to compare. I used 2 Fel Naptha , borax, washing soda, baking soda, Oxyclean, and Purex crystal fabric softener & I put a few drops of Snuggle fabric softener & mixed well. So far I did two laundry loads, we like how it smell and cleans well.

the innitial cost can be high, getting your supplies - I found that it was hard to figure out price per load, because you only use a portion of a box of borax etc. My daughter's skin reacted to it - it's a bit harsh. I didn't find a way to make it smell pleasant either. In then end I found couponing, and get my store bought stuff very cheap and I'm happier doing it that way! Good luck- I hope you find the right recipe for you!

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